ARGUMENTUM
\ˌɑːɡjuːmˈɛntəm], \ˌɑːɡjuːmˈɛntəm], \ˌɑː_ɡ_j_uː_m_ˈɛ_n_t_ə_m]\
Definitions of ARGUMENTUM
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
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ärg-[=u]-ment'um, n. an argument.--The following are forms of indirect argument:--ARGUMENTUM AD HOMINEM, an appeal to the known prepossessions or previous admissions of an opponent; ARGUMENTUM AD IGNORANTIAM, an argument founded on the ignorance of an opponent; ARGUMENTUM AD INVIDIAM, an argument appealing to the prejudices of the person addressed; ARGUMENTUM AD JUDICIUM, an appeal to the common-sense of mankind; ARGUMENTUM AD VERECUNDIAM, an appeal to our reverence for some respected authority; ARGUMENTUM BACULINUM, the argument of the cudgel--most concise of arguments, an appeal to force; ARGUMENTUM PER IMPOSSIBILE, or Reductio ad absurdum, the proof of a conclusion derived from the absurdity of a contradictory supposition.--For the Ontological, Cosmological, Teleological, and Moral arguments in Theism, see under these adjectives.
By Thomas Davidson
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